One
of the most common problems Samsung Galaxy Note 2 owners are facing is the
deterioration of the performance of their device. Galaxy Note 2 has the
tendency to slow down a bit after a few months of use. Some users may notice it
and some cannot. One of the most common symptoms is the lag. Here are two of
the problems GN2 owners might experience.

Problem
1: I don’t know what happened to my GN2 but it runs very slow now. It takes
forever to load messages or launch apps.

Problem
2: My Note II always hangs or freezes and some apps stop working unexpectedly.
It happen all of the sudden after I reboot it one time.

Solution: Over time, even the
most powerful smartphone can become slow due to accumulation of cached data in
the memory. There are also times that apps develop conflict with the operating
system and one of the reasons why it happens is because of corrupt data.

Problems
number 1 and 2 are actually similar and they can be fixed by the same solution.
I don’t have anything against Samsung’s TouchWiz UI but more often, it is the
cause of the lags, hangs and freezes. TouchWiz affects all aspects in the phone
and when it develops a conflict with the system, all functionalities will be
affected including third-party apps.

To
know if it really causes the problem, try clearing its data: go to Settings
=> Applications Manager => TW => Clear Data. Most of the times, this
step can resolve the lags and freezes.

For
apps that stop working, you also need to clear their data one-by-one after
you’ve cleared TouchWiz’s or, try finding updates for them. You can uninstall
and re-install them if problems persist.

After
doing the above steps and still you’re not satisfied with the performance of
your Galaxy Note 2, try clearing the memory;

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comments

Maybe I should have known this would happen... but when clearing TouchWiz data, all your app shortcuts will be wiped out and your home screens will be reset to factory. A warning would have been nice. So be prepared to spend time redoing all these preferences.

I wish I had read Jen Mercer's comment first! Clearing the TouchWiz data really DID speed things up immensely, and immediately. I had forgotten about the clearing RAM option. It seems to me that it didn't work nearly as well in the past as clearing the TouchWiz today did, though. I would recommend screen shots of all your pages before clearing TouchWiz, so that you can put all your icons back where you want them quickly and easily.

Thank you so much for this!!! I feel like my Note 2 is young and beautiful again :-)